The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire . BYZANTINE LEAD SEALS WITH MONOGRAMS, INSCRIPTIONS ANDFIGURE-SUBJECTS (BRITISH MUSEUM^ Chap. LI] OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE 513 and more peremptory summons. An intrepid messenger of thecaliph entered his camp at Lugo in Gallicia, and in the presenceof the Saracens and Christians arrested the bridle of his own loyalty, or that of his troops, inculcated the duty ofobedience; and his disgrace was alleviated by the recall of hisrival, and the permission of investing with his two governmentshis two sons, Abdallah and Abdelaziz. His long tr
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire . BYZANTINE LEAD SEALS WITH MONOGRAMS, INSCRIPTIONS ANDFIGURE-SUBJECTS (BRITISH MUSEUM^ Chap. LI] OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE 513 and more peremptory summons. An intrepid messenger of thecaliph entered his camp at Lugo in Gallicia, and in the presenceof the Saracens and Christians arrested the bridle of his own loyalty, or that of his troops, inculcated the duty ofobedience; and his disgrace was alleviated by the recall of hisrival, and the permission of investing with his two governmentshis two sons, Abdallah and Abdelaziz. His long triumph fromCeuta to Damascus displayed the spoils of Africa and the treasuresof Spain; four hundred Gothic nobles, with gold coronets andgirdles, were distinguished in his train: and the number of maleand female captives, selected for their birth or beauty, was com-puted at eighteen, or even at thirty, thousand persons. As soonas he reached Tiberias in Palestine, he was apprised of the sick-ness and danger of the caliph, by a private message from Soliman
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